subject: Garmin Nuvi 265WT GPS Navigation Review [print this page] As significantly as the Nuvi 265 WT GPS is concerned, it's been working effectively. The updated interface is total great, but I miss the integrated compass path I recall the 350 possessing. The 3D land point is far more of a hype in my viewpoint, as it decreases contrast of the map and creates it harder for me to look at the shown details. A single issue I discovered negative was that when the route list mode is utilized by touching the best component of the common display, you've got to use the back again button rather than the large central "Display Map" button to go (back) to the common roadmap + next route hybrid watch. It would also be good for right away-following directions to be listed right right after the up coming route under the common map + path hybrid watch, eg. Even however this is thought to be to be element of the lesser series of the Nuvi's, it comes with characteristics that considerably surpass a fundamental design, traffic, image viewing, blue-tooth mobile phone link). The traffic function is a good function, specially with the linked re-routing capacity from my every day drive among Baltimore, MD and Alexandria, VA (close to the District of Columbia traffic!), but I have observed that it is not up-to-date very as quickly as I can get to a problem spot. Furthermore, I'll oftentimes take a detour to steer clear of one particular accident only to hit yet another heavy traffic which only updates on the Gps navigation AS I hit the traffic (sigh). I cannot fault Garmin, as it's a matter of broadcast hitting the individuals who process the report on the FM Traffic feature.
One more point to point out is that the site visitors rerouting seems automatic ONLY when you initial turn on the Gps, or when your existing path is just really really negative. Definitely the threshold for extremely poor can vary depending on the impatience of the driver, but I would like it for alternate routes to be calculated behind the scenes (for quicker detour updates) or for it to recalculate paths dynamically as traffic jam info is up to date to the device.
Considering that Nuvi 265WT 4.3 traffic antenna is integrated with the car electrical power unit, it should be plugged in to get the traffic capability. This means that I'll seldom use the unit's built-in battery, and also that the battery will most most likely have a shorter lifespan because it'll constantly be in charging mode (assuming it behaves like laptop batteries).
I have not used the blue tooth features and have studied that the Gps is limited to acting just as a speaker/mic and dial-pad. Importantly, access to the phonebook does not seem to be to be obtainable by way of the unit according to other users, but yet again I can't fault Garmin, because I imagine it'd be a nightmare to assist greater features with every single bluetooth-able cell phone, as they all seem to have various Operating System interface.
This, coupled with the truth that the power/FM transmitter is plugged straight into the backside and not centered (so it is somewhat unbalanced) tends to make one-handed detachment of the Gps nearly not possible. A couple of my buddies purchased the nuvi 750 for the same reasons that I paid for the Nuvi 265 WT GPS, but I would not trade. If they had a Nuvi 265WT 4.3's features with the 750's mounting cradle, it would simply be ideal.
